Simon Fuller to receive Visionary Award

Fuller is CEO and founder of 19 Entertainment, creator and producer of the wildly popular “Idol” reality-competish format, which runs in 70 countries. He is also co-creator of Fox skeins “The Next Great American Band” and “So You Think You Can Dance.”

PGA’s Visionary Award goes to producers who demonstrate a “unique or uplifting quality,” the org said.

The PGA awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton. Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon are co-chairs.